PHILADELPHIA — Being a spectator for 82 games didn’t suit Nerlens Noel. So his plans for the summer months involve activity — and lots of it.

The 76ers’ center, who sat out his first season to rehab his left knee, will get a rookie do-over in September. Between now and then, Noel said he’ll be a regular gym rat. If there’s a pick-up game going down at a local college, he’ll be there. If there’s a summer-league team the Sixers are fielding, he’ll be there, too.

“I haven’t played a competitive game in over a year,” Noel said Thursday, as the team went through exit interviews at its PCOM practice facility. “I’m definitely itching to get back at it, get the feel of the game back and be out there ballin’.”

Toward the end of the season, Noel — who said he had graduated to 5-on-5 scrimmaging — thought debuting was a possibility.

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“That time came a little later than I expected,” Noel said, “but it is what it is. I’m just working to have the best season I can next year.”

So without playing competitively since February 2013, when he tore the ACL in his left knee, Noel turned to refining his shooting form under the tutelage of Sixers coach Brett Brown. (“It’s rebuilt,” Noel said.) The 20-year-old Noel is cognizant of keeping his elbow tucked as he elevates for a shot. He’s stronger. He’s checking in at 228 pounds and would like to come to training camp at 233, in order to maintain a season playing weight of 230 pounds.

Noel will play anywhere this summer, if it means seeing the court.

“Playing as much pick-up (basketball) as I can. Working on single aspects of my game,” he said, crossing things from a mental checklist. “Maybe playing some college hoops around here, pick-up teams with some of the colleges around here, anything to keep me upbeat.

“It was tough at times (while fixing his shooting form). You just get frustrated with being uncomfortable with the way you’re shooting, but you stick with it and see it as a mental thing, knowing that it will pay off. It helped me expand my game in all sorts of ways.”

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While players were being asked about the season they had endured, Tony Wroten took a moment to issue Brown a pat on the back.

“He did a tremendous job because this is not your average NBA team,” Wroten said. “For him to be a first-time head coach and be thrown in the fire like this, he could’ve definitely cracked or broke real fast. He handled the situation real well with six or seven rookies and not a lot of veterans. He still stayed focused, regardless of how many we lost in a row. We still came in every day and worked as though we were making the playoffs.”

The Sixers (19-63), who tied a league record with a 26-game losing streak, finished with fewer than 20 wins for only the third time in the 65-year history of the franchise.

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Hollis Thompson finished atop the leaderboards of two lists: one nationally and one in-house.

The Sixers’ swingman ranked first among all rookies with a .401 3-point shooting percentage, knocking down 67 of his 167 long-range attempts. And according to Brown, Thompson also logged the most on-court time. Brown estimated that Thompson put in more than 4,500 hours — from preseason through Wednesday’s finale.

“I don’t really count ‘em,” said Thompson, who will be a free agent. “I do enjoy coming to the gym. I do enjoy working out and getting better.”